Acts 28:20

28:20 So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel.” ¹ 

Acts 23:13

23:13 There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy. ² 

Acts 22:4

22:4 I ³  persecuted this Way ⁴  even to the point of death, ⁵  tying up ⁶  both men and women and putting ⁷  them in prison,

Acts 7:60

7:60 Then he fell ⁸  to his knees and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” ⁹  When ¹⁰  he had said this, he died. ¹¹ 

Acts 8:19

8:19 saying, “Give me this power ¹²  too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 13:32

13:32 And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors, ¹³ 

Acts 22:28

22:28 The commanding officer ¹⁴  answered, “I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money.” ¹⁵  “But I was even ¹⁶  born a citizen,” ¹⁷  Paul replied. ¹⁸ 

Acts 3:16

3:16 And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ ¹⁹  name, ²⁰  his very name has made this man – whom you see and know – strong. The ²¹  faith that is through Jesus ²²  has given him this complete health in the presence ²³  of you all.

Acts 7:4

7:4 Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God ²⁴  made him move ²⁵  to this country where you now live.

Acts 27:21

27:21 Since many of them had no desire to eat, ²⁶  Paul ²⁷  stood up ²⁸  among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me ²⁹  and not put out to sea ³⁰  from Crete, thus avoiding ³¹  this damage and loss.

[28:20]  ¹ sn The hope of Israel. A reference to Israel’s messianic hope. Paul’s preaching was in continuity with this Jewish hope (Acts 1:3; 8:12; 14:22; 19:8; 20:25).

[23:13]  ² tn L&N 30.73 defines συνωμοσία (sunwmosia) as “a plan for taking secret action someone or some institution, with the implication of an oath binding the conspirators – ‘conspiracy, plot.’ …‘there were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy’ Ac 23:13.”

[22:4]  ³ tn Grk “who.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, the relative pronoun (“who”) was translated by the first person pronoun (“I”) and a new sentence begun in the translation.

[22:4]  ⁴ sn That is, persecuted the Christian movement (Christianity). The Way is also used as a description of the Christian faith in Acts 9:2; 18:25-26; 19:9, 23; 24:14, 22).

[22:4]  ⁵ tn BDAG 442-43 s.v. θάνατος 1.a has “διώκειν ἄχρι θανάτου persecute even to death Ac 22:4.”

[22:4]  ⁶ tn Grk “binding.” See Acts 8:3.

[22:4]  ⁷ tn BDAG 762 s.v. παραδίδωμι 1.b has “W. local εἰς…εἰς φυλακήν put in prison Ac 8:3; cp. 22:4.”

[7:60]  ⁴ tn Grk “Then falling to his knees he cried out.” The participle θείς (qeis) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[7:60]  ⁵ sn The remarks Lord Jesus, receive my spirit and Lord, do not hold this sin against them recall statements Jesus made on the cross (Luke 23:34, 46).

[7:60]  ⁶ tn Grk “And when.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences, καί (kai) has not been translated here; a new sentence is begun instead.

[7:60]  ⁷ tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer.

[8:19]  ⁵ tn Or “ability”; Grk “authority.”

[13:32]  ⁶ tn Or “to our forefathers”; Grk “the fathers.”

[22:28]  ⁷ tn Grk “the chiliarch” (an officer in command of a thousand soldiers). See note on the term “commanding officer” in v. 24.

[22:28]  ⁸ sn Sometimes Roman citizenship was purchased through a bribe (Dio Cassius, Roman History 60.17.4-9). That may well have been the case here.

[22:28]  ⁹ tn BDAG 495-96 s.v. καί 2.b has “intensive: even…Ac 5:39; 22:28.”

[22:28]  ¹⁰ tn The word “citizen” is supplied here for emphasis and clarity.

[22:28]  ¹¹ tn Grk “Paul said.” This phrase has been placed at the end of the sentence in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[3:16]  ⁸ tn Grk “in his name”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:16]  ⁹ sn Here is another example of appeal to the person by mentioning the name. See the note on the word name in 3:6.

[3:16]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “see and know, and the faith.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation and καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated.

[3:16]  ¹¹ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:16]  ¹² tn Or “in full view.”

[7:4]  ⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:4]  ¹⁰ tn The translation “made him move” for the verb μετοικίζω (metoikizw) is given by L&N 85.83. The verb has the idea of “resettling” someone (BDAG 643 s.v.); see v. 43, where it reappears.

[27:21]  ¹⁰ tn Or “Since they had no desire to eat for a long time.” The genitive absolute construction with the participle ὑπαρχούσης (Juparcoush") has been translated as a causal adverbial participle. It could also be translated temporally (“When many of them had no desire to eat”). The translation of πολλῆς (pollhs) as a substantized adjective referring to the people on board the ship (“many of them”) rather than a period of time (“for a long time”; so most modern versions) follows BDAG 143 s.v. ἀσιτία, which has “πολλῆς ἀ. ὑπαρχούσης since almost nobody wanted to eat because of anxiety or seasickness…Ac 27:21.” This detail indicates how turbulent things were on board the ship.

[27:21]  ¹¹ tn Here τότε (tote) is redundant (pleonastic) according to BDAG 1012-13 s.v. τότε 2; thus it has not been translated.

[27:21]  ¹² tn Grk “standing up…said.” The participle σταθείς (staqeis) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[27:21]  ¹³ tn L&N 36.12 has “πειθαρχήσαντάς μοι μὴ ἀνάγεσθαι ἀπὸ τῆς Κρήτης ‘you should have listened to me and not have sailed from Crete’ Ac 27:21.”

[27:21]  ¹⁴ tn BDAG 62 s.v. ἀνάγω 4, “as a nautical t.t. (ἀ. τὴν ναῦν put a ship to sea), mid. or pass. ἀνάγεσθαι to begin to go by boat, put out to sea.”

[27:21]  ¹⁵ tn The infinitive κερδῆσαι (kerdhsai) has been translated as resultative.